{"id":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-024","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","eco":"","issuer":"OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees","authority":"29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1), 657, 658, 666","instrument":"Memorandum, Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (May 19, 2020; effective May 26, 2020)","title":"Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)","dateIssued":"2020-05-19","effective":"2020-05-26","end":"2021-03-12 (superseded by Ex. 025)","startDate":"2020-05-26","endDate":"2021-03-12","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["EMP","HC"],"addressees":["OSHA Area Offices and CSHOs","all employers"],"clause":"This Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) provides instructions and guidance to Area Offices and compliance safety and health officers (CSHOs) for handling COVID-19-related complaints, referrals, and severe illness reports.... In geographic areas where community spread of COVID-19 has significantly decreased, OSHA will return to the inspection planning policy that OSHA relied on prior to the start of the COVID-19 health crises... OSHA will continue to prioritize COVID-19 cases... Continue prioritizing COVID-19 fatalities and imminent danger exposures for inspection. Particular attention for on-site inspections will be given to high-risk workplaces, such as hospitals and other healthcare providers treating patients with COVID-19, as well as workplaces with high numbers of complaints or known COVID-19 cases.","enforcement":"General Duty Clause and standards citations; penalties under 29 U.S.C. 666","functions":["EMP employer workplace rules under inspection","IC","OP reporting","PF/JS high-density workplaces (meat and poultry named)"],"notes":"The plan under which the September 2020 General Duty Clause citations (Ex. 095) and the 2020 Q3-Q4 inspection record (Ex. 033) issued.","sourceUrl":"https://www.osha.gov/memos/2020-05-19/updated-interim-enforcement-response-plan-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":477871,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-024","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-024","citation":"OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees, Memorandum, Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (May 19, 2020; effective May 26, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-024)","stateName":"","related":["AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-023","AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-021","AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-016"]}